not beautiful

ADJECTIVE

homely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

plain

STRONG

ordinary unattractive uncomely unlovely

WEAK

ugly unaesthetic unalluring

Antonyms

STRONG

attractive beautiful comely lovely

WEAK

alluring

ADJECTIVE

plain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ordinary

STRONG

deformed

WEAK

hard on the eyes homely plain-featured

Antonyms

WEAK

abnormal abstruse ambiguous attractive beautiful complex complicated decorated difficult dressed-up embellished extraordinary formal hidden imperceptible incomprehensible intricate obscure obscured ornate pretty unclear uncommon vague

ADJECTIVE

uncomely

Synonyms

WEAK

deformed hard on the eyes homely not much for looks not much to look at ordinary plain-featured short on looks unattractive unlovely

ADJECTIVE

unlovely

Synonyms

WEAK

deformed hard on the eyes homely not much for looks not much to look at ordinary plain-featured short on looks unattractive uncomely

Example Sentences

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“They’re not beautiful like a greyhound,” he added, “but, you know, we’re not dating dogs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

If someone tells me that I'm beautiful or not beautiful.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2023

All this is not to say that the monarch butterfly is not beautiful or worthwhile.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2022

"I've never felt that I'm not beautiful because I have this or that it's something I shouldn't have."

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2022

I’m not beautiful, and I can’t have kids, so what does that make me?

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins